Practice
The morning sun rises. Along with the birds’ chirrups, the Dark Magician woke up. The act of waking up the time he always goes to bed for him, who’s completely nocturnal, is nothing but stress, but he gets up begrudgingly and leaves the room.
Ton Ton Ton.
He knocks on the butler’s room, but there’s no response.
“……”
Even though yesterday, he’d told her in advance that they’ll do it at this time. At the sleepyhead butler who doesn’t wake up at all, he gets incessantly irritated.
＜＜Display, The Existence Of Fire, To The Enemy＞＞ーーFlame Arrow(Fire・Emblem)
The flame he released, flares up in an instant.
“Hoe……fi, fi, fire――――――――!?”
The manic master, who’s listening to the sounds of Mira realising, panicking, and running about, with a blissed expression.
・・・
10 minutes later, he flamboyantly passes through the door that turned to ashes and said a single sentence of,「are you awake?」. He directs a beaming smile at the stunned Mira.
“Now then, it’s the special training for you to become a splendid lady”
“……erm, Asch-san. Can I ask you one thing?”
“What is it?”
“Were you the one who burned this door?”
“Aah, something like that huh”
“Som, something like th……”
Mira, lost for words.
“It’s because you won’t wake up even when I knock. I simply thought that a door is unnecessary”
“……ki――――――!”
She launches an attack on Asch as always, but she got pressed on her head, and her short hands won’t reach.
“I’m splitting up my time, for your sake. I, who’s touted as the number one researcher on the continent. I, who probably earns the most money on the continent. And then I, who naturally have the highest cost-effectiveness on the continent, for the sake of you, who probably have the lowest cost-effectiveness on the continent. Be honoured”
“What is cost-effectiveness?”
“……now then, let’s begin, shall we”
He ignores her usual ignorance and gets into the main topic.
“Is it dance?”
“Something like that, is something somebody who has somebody to dance with should practise. First, what you need are, manners”
“Ma, manners?”
“Well, even though it’s a dance party, you’ll of course participate in the meals as well. If you don’t get the hang of the general etiquette, there’s even the possibility that the fact that you’re a commoner gets exposed if things go south”
“……can we, not leave that to later?”
A beautiful young girl who hates studying and constantly puts off the troublesome things, she is.
“Obviously not”
On the other hand. The acting-cool Magician who starts everything from the appearances. A perfectionist personality, accompanied by his abnormal wish of wanting to be popular, his manners and the likes are perfect.
“U゛――u, got it! I’m gonna give it a try!”
“I cannot have that way of speaking. It’s better to switch it to『Do let me have a try』”
“Do let me have a try!”
“Exclamation is not ladylike. More smoothly and fluidly”
“……do let me have a try”
“Hmm……well, it’s far from being the perfect way of speaking for a lady, but as for now, I shall give you a passing mark. From now on, I will point out the way you speak without missing a beat, so make sure to keep that in mind”
“……”
Mira, she thought
‘Hell’
When Mira gets ready and takes a step outside,「I can’t feel intellect from your way of walking」, he points out. Mira tries to rectify it in a panic and walks, but「Wrong. More ladylike, elegant, and flamboyant」, another direction to fix it comes her way. When she groans「U゛―――――u」,「It’s better for you to fix that habit as well」, denying every single thing she does.
“……do you, have a grudge with me or something?”
Mira, who complains with teary eyes.
“I have as many grudges, discontent, dissatisfaction, as there are stars, but this time is different. It’s so that you don’t embarrass yourself in the upper society; in other words, it’s my benevolence. Well, if you behave unrefined, more than anything, it’ll also embarrass me, your master, after all”
In actuality, because of that twisted personality, this narcissistic Magician is at the bottom of the barrel when it comes to his reputation, but this man doesn’t take that point into consideration at all.
“……yeah. It’s true that I didn’t think Asch-san would be so attentive in teaching me after all. Although your way of speaking is extremely unpleasant, detestable, and naggy, and it’s extremely sickening, I will do my best somehow!”
“……”
The clumsy beautiful young girl, gets pumped up while unconsciously weaving in insults at Asch.
‘I shall beat it into you so strictly that you cry, scream, and want to die’, was the determination the perfect etiquette Magician secretly harboured in his heart.
